Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-08
THE GREAT CAT SHOW.

THE GREAT CAT SHOW. Bunnelps CurIo Hall Thronged With
 Vfsftors-The Show a Fine Success
 Brilliant Display of Prizes.
 People young and old, small and large, short and tall thronged BunnelIs Museum yesterday afternoon and again in the evening
 to behold the cat show-Bunnelps third an- nual. The cat show is success This is
 by thousands. It cost no more to see the
 cats and enjoy the excellent Silver Spur show
 up stairs than the usual price of admittance,
 MT. Bunnell's enterprise and liberality making
 no distinction in the case, despite which he
 offers an elegant show of prizes which are to
 be seen in the front end of the curio hall in the
 windows and on tables back of Parker's con-
 fectionery bazaar Conspicuous among the
 prizes is an elegant case of silver and silver
 plated cutlery goods from the celebrated Sil-
 yer Plate Cutlery company of Birmingham,
 which is noted for it's admirable goods. In
 the central part of the hall is a collection of
 handsome wire cages, some of which are very
 pretty and decorated with flags, one in par
 ticular, being that of Willie B. Shepard, 169
 pound four-year old maltese, winner of two prizes hitherto. This big kitty is trained to come into the second story of the house where it's owners live by coming to the back door and moving, the owners then letting down basket in which kit is hoisted into the dwelling. J. H. Norman, 524 Howard avenue, shows
 curiosity, Baby Jumbo, year old which
 has 2 toes on it's forepaws. EIminie J. Hall
 of 276 Orchard street, shows "Colonel,"
 curiosity, a year old with s toes on one
 foot and 7 on the other. Then comes cat
 with whopper of a name-Budsworth
 Manlius Merodach Baladan-a scriptural
 cat, entered for the show by Nellie and Fred,
 children of ex- Mayor Holcomb. It is fine
 cat and surveys the assemblage with great
 composure. J. F. Forbes, of
 gSs, Grange shows S a.n,s leopard h,o oa na. "Tim
 great penchant for catching and eating rab
 bits, and seldom gets left when on scent of one. Two handsome Angoras are seen, one
 four years old entered by Mir. Edward L.
 Jones of S4 William street, weighing twelve
 pounds, "Dicky Silver" by name; and
 Mosie, ive-year-old, great jumper and
 ratter, owned by Burney Butcher, lo4
 George street. Another fine jumper is
 three-year-old rabbit cat, J. W. Stevensons
 of 157 Winchester avenue. This fellow once
 jumped from fourth story window to the
 ground when there was an alarm of fire, striking and escaped unhurt, thus supporting the truth of the old adage that "a cat has nine lives" Toxic is cat who likes fish and fishing, and takes fish out of the water; it is maltese and rabbit cat and be- longs to A. Newhall 133 Columbus avenue Then there is the $100 Japanese kangaroo cat. Its paws double right back. It is a curiosity and appears to be not quite certain l whether to be satisfied with SC much inspec- tion or not. It belongs to Miss Georgiana ] Hubbell. Mrs. C.. H. Wellman, of 4S0 1 State, shows curiosity, a cat with paws re- sembling mans hand. Its name is Fore I paugh. The Union Fish company's $25 eat | eats fish and potatoes with great relish, pre- | ferring this diet, and looks as tough and | strong as if it lived on meat and a formida- 1 ble antagonist in cat quarrel It came l from the Cape of Good Hope. Mrs. John J. l Phelps, 16S Columbus avenue, shows curi- | osity, cat with four, five, six and seven | toes on its respective feet. Mrs. M. s. Cra- l mer's cat, which thrives at 295 Orange street, | is dumb, quality which is so l rare among cats when mankind seek l to WOO the gentle goddess of sleep as to ren- der it a virtue. It, however, sits up and begs | when hungry and is so cute about it that it 1 never goes hungry for want of a voice, as it sleek looks so. Hose company No. 7's cat, 1 H. c. Howd's, is a wide awake and fine cat. l Herman 6 Herbert Hendriek of 301 Orange l street, show 1312 pound cat, Teddy Reddy, 1 that shows marked preference for potatoes | and vegetables, yet though vegetarian in | taste looks as sleek as butter and as wide l awake blackfsh. Edward Hosmer, of S6 | Grand avenue, shows a 20-pound fellow | which bears the name Baldy Sours and l looks quite lordly. Then there is the | Lazy cat, which was looked at with | great interest and is entered by Phillip | and George Troup. The labels on it's pen | tell shocking story of it's sloth and indo- | fence, despite which puss looks as sleek and | comedy and neat and pretty as any cat in the | show and doesn't mind the telI-tale placard | in front of it a bit. Then there is Frankie | Jones' Tommy Tinker, 84 Ward street, a | fierce bird catcher: 3 cats, Waino and Pluta- 1 no, which came from Amsterdam, Holland, | and don't look vexed over it either. They | belong to Maggie White, 110 Ashmun street. | Miss Gertie Brogan, 15S Meadow l street, shows a healthy looking cat 1 named Leopard which has several times crossed the ocean in the good steamer Allan brought from Gibraltar, the mother of which, report hath it, was the property of Spanish grandee. It belongs to Annie Kennedy, 242 York street. "Stripee" is a performing cat belonging to Mrs. M. Baker of 52 South street, and William Crockett of IA Meadow street shows Tiger, which eats green corn and all kinds of vegetables with relish. Then there is Joseph Elley's cat, Crown street, kangaroo cat born at Morris Cove, which has talons which make a complete cir cle, and three toes on each foot, 8 tail with twist like squirrels aAo OGAO1 CuI1OQS 106GuT0S. uoA ! there is Bob Up Serenely," Mrs. Knapp's cat, which was found when a wee little kit ten in rabbits nest. The celebrated ''Di- ogenes," the pet cat of the New York Clip per office, is also in the show. This cat has quite history. It was found by the captain of the three masted schooner Andrew Can field 150 miles from shore floating in a wash tub. The sailors of the craft at first objected seriously to taking the waif aboard, but the captain finally overcame their scruples and rescued FDiogenes.' A sailor afterward tried to kill him, but the captain prevented the slaughter and the cat was finally turned over to the Clipper office, where it now serves as waste basket for rejected manuscript.
 Then there is Pete, Steamer No. 1's cat, owner Dick Murphy. It is a seventeen pounder and never content when the fire bells strike till the engine house doors are shut. | Then there is Jack, fine cat with one eye yellow, the other blue; and King Diamond, a 1 big fellow, who looks like a lord n big wire cage spread out a divan. It las six toes on each foot. F. Seabury, 26 Day street has fine cat with seven toes on l ,ach foot, right eye blue and left yellow. Its lame is Lo La. There are many other cats in he show, some with kittens and we'll worthy 1 if mention did space allow. The show is presided over usual by Dr. Kahn with his 1 lsual urbanity, and Professor Morton each lay dilates in 8 most interesting manner 'n the fine points of the cats to the deleota- ion of the throngs of visitors.
 THE GATES WE'RE UP.